Mother’s Guide Center is an independent maternal health publication. Every article on this site is researched, written, and reviewed by our editorial team against the highest-quality medical authorities. This page documents exactly how we source information, who reviews our content, how we use AI tools in our process, what we will never do, and how we handle corrections. Transparency about our methods is the foundation of the trust we ask from our readers.
Our editorial mission
Mother’s Guide Center exists to give expectant mothers, new parents, and caregivers reliable, evidence-based information about pregnancy, birth, postpartum recovery, feeding, and early child development. The maternal health space online is crowded with content optimized for advertising revenue rather than reader wellbeing. We have built this publication to operate on a different model: ad-free, product-free, evidence-first.
Our editorial commitment is simple. Every claim about a medical topic must be traceable to a Tier 1 authority. Every article must include guidance on when to contact a healthcare provider. Every recommendation must be presented in context, not as personal advice. We are not a substitute for the personalized care of a qualified provider, and we say so on every page.
How we source information
Medical claims on Mother’s Guide Center are sourced exclusively from Tier 1 authorities — major medical organizations, peer-reviewed journals, and academic medical centers. We do not rely on parenting forums, anecdotal reports, social media, or other secondary publications for medical information.
Our approved Tier 1 sources include:
- Government health agencies: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), World Health Organization (WHO), National Health Service (NHS)
- Medical specialty societies: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM), Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)
- Academic medical centers: Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Stanford Medicine
- Lactation authorities: La Leche League International (LLLI), LactMed (NIH drug and lactation database)
- Peer-reviewed research: Cochrane Reviews, PubMed-indexed journals (e.g., JAMA Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics)
Every article on the site includes a numbered Sources section with full citations and clickable links to the original publications. If we cannot find a Tier 1 source for a claim, we either leave the claim out or state explicitly that evidence is limited.
Our review process
Every article goes through a structured review before publication. Our process is designed to catch medical inaccuracies, outdated information, and editorial inconsistencies before content reaches readers.
Each article passes through these stages:
- Research and outlining: Topic scoped, keyword research conducted, content gaps identified against existing authoritative sources.
- Clinical verification: Every medical claim cross-referenced against current Tier 1 guidelines. Recent updates (e.g., new ACOG recommendations) take precedence over older sources.
- Editorial writing: Drafting against the production standard, with explicit definitional sentences, structured headings, and “when to contact your provider” sections where applicable.
- Pre-publish review: A second editorial pass checks sourcing, internal links, schema markup, and adherence to our independence policy.
- Scheduled refresh: Medical content is reviewed every six months. Pregnancy week-by-week guides and developmental milestone content are reviewed every twelve months. News articles are not refreshed and are allowed to age out.
Our editorial team is actively recruiting independent medical reviewers — obstetricians, pediatricians, certified nurse-midwives, lactation consultants, and registered dietitians — for named clinical review of articles in their specialty. Once these reviewers are in place, their names, credentials, and review dates will appear on relevant articles.
How we use AI tools in our editorial process
We use artificial intelligence as a drafting and research support tool, not as a replacement for human editorial judgment. Specifically, AI tools may help our editorial team in the following ways:
- Structuring outlines and identifying content gaps against top-ranked sources
- Drafting initial copy that is then verified against Tier 1 sources
- Generating illustrative infographics from editorial specifications
- Summarizing long research documents for editorial review
Critically, no medical claim is published on this site without verification against a current Tier 1 source by a human editorial team member. AI-generated text is never published without review. We do not use AI to fabricate quotes, invent statistics, or produce content with hallucinated citations. Every source listed in our articles has been verified by a human.
We treat AI tools the same way a newsroom treats research databases or search engines: as accelerators of editorial work that still require human judgment, verification, and accountability.
Our independence policy
Mother’s Guide Center is ad-free and editorially independent. We do not accept payment, products, or other consideration in exchange for editorial coverage. This independence is the most important commitment we make to our readers, and it defines what makes this publication different from most maternal health media online.
We will never:
- Publish sponsored content, paid placements, or advertorials disguised as editorial
- Use affiliate links to product retailers
- Recommend specific commercial products or brands by name in our articles
- Accept gifts, free samples, or other compensation from companies whose products we might cover
- Publish content optimized to drive a sale rather than inform the reader
- Share, sell, or rent your email address or other personal data to third parties
How we plan to support this work:
- Reader-supported newsletter sponsorships (clearly labeled, never integrated into editorial articles)
- Our own digital products — such as printable pregnancy trackers, hospital bag checklists, and educational guides — produced by our editorial team
- Display advertising on the site once a traffic threshold is reached, through publisher networks that do not influence editorial decisions and that we will clearly label
If our funding model changes in the future, we will update this page and notify our newsletter subscribers before any changes take effect.
How we handle corrections
If you spot a factual error, an outdated medical recommendation, or a broken source link in any of our articles, please tell us. We take corrections seriously and process them promptly.
Our corrections process:
- Email us at [email protected] with the article URL and the specific claim you believe is inaccurate.
- Verification: Our editorial team reviews your report against current Tier 1 sources within 5 business days.
- Correction: If we confirm the error, we update the article, document what was changed in an Editorial Note on the page, and update the “last reviewed” date.
- Acknowledgment: If you provided your email, we will respond and let you know what we changed.
For substantive corrections — those that change the meaning or accuracy of medical guidance — we add a visible correction notice at the top of the article. For minor edits (typos, broken links, formatting), we update silently with a “last updated” timestamp.
Our editorial team
Mother’s Guide Center is produced by a small independent editorial team focused exclusively on maternal and infant health content. Our work draws on backgrounds in health journalism, content strategy, and medical research synthesis. We are not licensed clinicians, and we do not present ourselves as such. The clinical accuracy of our content rests on rigorous sourcing from named medical authorities, not on personal credentials.
We are committed to expanding our editorial team to include named medical reviewers — obstetricians, pediatricians, certified nurse-midwives, IBCLCs, and registered dietitians — over the coming months. As reviewers come on board, their names, credentials, and the articles they review will be publicly listed on our team page. We will never list a clinician as a reviewer who has not actually reviewed the content.
Contact us
We welcome reader questions, feedback, and corrections. The fastest way to reach us:
- Corrections and factual issues: [email protected]
- Editorial feedback and suggestions: [email protected]
- Press and partnership inquiries: [email protected]
We aim to respond to substantive emails within 5 business days. We do not accept guest posts, sponsored articles, link placement requests, or product review proposals. Such requests will not receive a reply.